Sony HAPS1/B 500GB Hi-Res Music Player System

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Sony HAPS1/B 500GB Hi-Res Music Player System

I just purchased a Sony HAPS1/B 500GB Hi-Res Music Player System. My hope it to store my 200+ CD collection on it and be able to play it through this device with the full audio resolution. Sony is not very helpful as far as their manuals or customer support, and, of course, every support person will immediately say they can't help because we need to talk with Apple or whomever.

It appears that the HAP transfer program requires that I have my lossless music in a folder on my MacBook Pro. I had hoped I could simply copy directly from my CD drive (external for my MacBook Pro).

I've set iTunes to the maximum settings for lossless non-compression when loading CD's. Prior to this, it appears that iTunes turned all my CD's into mp3 files, and the Sony HAPS1/B 500GB Hi-Res Music Player System is dutifully copying all those MP3 files to it's internal hard drive.

I guess what I'm asking is, does anyone know a shortcut for getting CD's to the Sony HAPS1/B 500GB Hi-Res Music Player System?

Thanks for your hep.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 19, 2015 6:00 AM

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Answer 1

Chris CA

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Jan 19, 2015 7:34 AM in response to PersonRichardson

PersonRichardson wrote:

It appears that the HAP transfer program requires that I have my lossless music in a folder on my MacBook Pro.

No, it does not require lossless which is why it is loading he MP3 file.

From the manual...

Supported playback format

DSD (DSF, DSDIFF), LPCM (WAV, AIFF), FLAC, ALAC, ATRAC Advanced Lossless, ATRAC, MP3, AAC, WMA (2 channels)

I've set iTunes to the maximum settings for lossless non-compression when loading CD's.

iTunes prefs > General - and click the Import settings button.

Set it to AIFF.

Do this before you RIP any CDs and they will be imported in this format.

Prior to this, it appears that iTunes turned all my CD's into mp3 files

If they are MP3, then you had it set to import CDs as MP3. The default is AAC

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Answer 2

Jan 19, 2015 10:43 AM in response to Chris CA

Chris CA wrote:

Supported playback format

DSD (DSF, DSDIFF), LPCM (WAV, AIFF), FLAC, ALAC, ATRAC Advanced Lossless, ATRAC, MP3, AAC, WMA (2 channels)

I've set iTunes to the maximum settings for lossless non-compression when loading CD's.

iTunes prefs > General - and click the Import settings button.

Set it to AIFF.

Do this before you RIP any CDs and they will be imported in this format.

Why rip as AIFF if it supports ALAC? Smaller files and same quality.

PersonRichardson: You can't just "copy" files from a CD to a computer. Audio CDs have a special format and the files have to be "ripped" using iTunes or other ripping software. If you don't want these to have the intermediary step of being added to iTunes (though you can delete them again) you can use a non-iTunes ripper such as XLD or Max.

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Answer 3

Chris CA

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82,513 points

Jan 19, 2015 12:25 PM in response to Limnos

Limnos wrote:

Why rip as AIFF if it supports ALAC? Smaller files and same quality.

Okay.

Just don’t use WAV...

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